Hexagram 56: The Wanderer → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake

The Wanderer
Mountain / Fire
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous
Lower TrigramFire LakeThe Clinging → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

秦晉大國,更相克賊。獲惠質圉,鄭被其咎。

Qin and Jin, great states, each preying upon the other. Seizing Hui, ransoming Yu; Zheng bore the blame.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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